NAIA AND NCAA TENNIS SCHOLARSHIPS
What you need to know abouT Tennis
Recruiting and scouting. how to apply for a Scholarship.
The information and tools
on this web site are free. This page contains recruiting and scouting
information about college Tennis scholarships.
The tools and information you need to
successfully apply for a tennis scholarship can be found here. Use the links on
the right of the page for further recruiting information. With hard work, and
the resources we provide, you can play college tennis.
Women's tennis is classed as a "head Count" sport which means that the
scholarships that are offered are "full-ride scholarships". Men's tennis on the
other hand is classed as an equivalency sport which means that the coach can
share the scholarship quota between a larger number of players.
There are 274 division 1and 164 division 2 colleges that offer tennis scholarships for men . For women there are 316 division 1 and 211 division 2 colleges that offer tennis financial aid.
The NCAA allows each division 1 men's tennis program 4.5 scholarships. In division 2, 4.5 scholarships are also on offer. Each division 1 women's tennis program allows 8 scholarships and 6 in division 2.
That's a total of 1,971 men's tennis scholarships available in the NCAA alone and for women's tennis there are 3,794 scholarships.
At many schools, tennis is also a club sport, organized by students independently of the athletics department. Club teams even coexist with varsity teams at a lot of colleges.
You should not concentrate only on the top
division 1 colleges, The competition is intense, unless you are an absolute gun
player you might not receive an offer. There is nothing wrong with smaller
division 1 or division 2 colleges.